Plans for transporting disabled veterans to hospitals around the state were announced at the Bill Nichols Chapter 13 Disabled American Veterans appreciation luncheon Saturday at the Alexander City First Baptist Church’s Fellowship Hall.

“This service that we would hopefully provide would be free of charge for the veterans,” local DAV commander Hugo Perez said. “We would take them to their appointment and back. We have volunteer drivers but we’re not there yet; we need the money to get the van. We have a little bit of money but we need more support.”